GOVERNMENT

The Solutions Practice is headed by Dr. Allan V. Burman, the former Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy under Presidents Reagan, Bush and Clinton. The Solutions team is comprised of seasoned government and industry executives, offering consulting and training to government and private sector personnel in a variety of management disciplines, with a special emphasis on change management, management reform and performance-based contracting. Solutions has worked with over 22 government agencies including the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, State, Treasury and others.

Solutions is skilled at working with program office and contracting staffs to identify and define requirements, desired outcomes, relevant, and meaningful performance standards, measurement methods, incentives and disincentives. Our experience has shown our skills complement the domain knowledge of agency program and contract personnel, enabling us to work as a team to accomplish agency objectives. In addition, we have sufficient familiarity with complex information technology procurements to understand and contribute to the development of appropriate objectives, outcomes and metrics.

Solutions’ Core Areas of Expertise Include:

• Performance-based contracting and vendor management
• Developing RFPs and managing procurements
• Re-engineering business processes
• Human resource management and training
• Conducting information, administrative and physical security assessments, designing security enhancement plans and managing their implementation
• Designing and managing compliance programs to meet federal requirements
• Outsourcing assessments and analysis
• Overseeing contract implementation
• Conducting independent validation and verification
• Improving internal and external procurement workforce communications

Jefferson Solutions' Professionals Include:

• Dr. Allan V. Burman, President, Jefferson Solutions
• Julia T. Susman, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Nathanial Cavallini, Vice President
• Kathy P. Conrad, Senior Vice President
• Craig E. Durkin, Vice President
• Angela V. McNamara, Vice President
• Karen O'Brien, Director

Training
Solutions offers several training courses:

• Performance-based Service Contracting (PBSC) Training Course
• Federal Acquisition: Today and Tomorrow -An Orientation for Federal Professionals
• Performance-based Service Contracting for Public Housing Agencies

Human Capital Management Practice

HCM Assessment
What does Human Capital Management (HCM) mean to you? For Jefferson Solutions' HCM Practice, it's the strategy of recruiting and retaining a high-quality, diverse workforce that fits short- and long-term agency needs but as importantly, is also manageable for your agency's HR practitioners. Although the definition may be simply stated, measuring the effectiveness of your HCM strategy is anything but simple.

Jefferson Solutions offers a quick but highly effective HCM Assessment program that evaluates how well your organization is performing in various human capital / human resources areas. Through this assessment, we will identify areas needing improvement and put together a strategy to fix those areas while also capitalizing on your strengths. You will receive feedback on the your agency's effectiveness in the following categories:

• Customer Satisfaction
• HCM Strategy Development and Implementation
• Workforce Planning and Forecasting
• Recruitment and Orientation
• Pay for Performance
• Performance Evaluation
• Performance Management and Issue Resolution
• Diversity and Mentorship
• HCM Communications
• HCM Business Processes
• HR Technology
• Outsourcing